Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT 1981

Assing, V., 2009, A revision of Leptobium CASEY. III. A new species from Iran and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 41 (2), pp. 1247-1252 : 1250

Leptobium arabicum COIFFAIT 1981

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: 9 exs., Negev , Sedé Boqér, 30°53'N, 34°47'E, 500 m, 4.XII.2007, leg. Assmann ( TAU, cAss, cFel, cSta) ; 1 ex., Negev, Dimona, II.1998, leg. Sama ( MNHUB) .

C o m m e n t: In contrast to the material previously seen from Saudi Arabia and northern Yemen, the above specimens have the forebody uniformly reddish brown. The male sexual characters, however, are identical. The above specimens represent the first records from Israel.